Tulu Granted Second Additional Official Language Status in Coastal Karnataka

The Karnataka Cabinet has approved granting Tulu the status of a second additional official language for administrative purposes in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Spoken widely across coastal Karnataka (Tulu Nadu), Tulu is a recognized Dravidian language with rich oral literary traditions. Crucially, this administrative status is geographically confined to the two coastal districts under State administrative provisions and does not automatically include Tulu in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which requires a parliamentary constitutional amendment.